Well in the prana-theory of inedia (when you have plenty of prana, you are not hungry anymore) the relationship to Hatha Yoga is obvious. I am not aware of a particular exercice that would facilitate inedia because it accumulates "more" prana, my understanding is that it is a whole comprehensive system, every piece, every exercice has a function in the whole. Pranayama as a whole could in theory lead to inedia.

I am afraid I am comitting the same little sin that you: practicing isolated occasional exercices as I feel, which normally would be part of a more systematic session or practice which I dont have these days, I did that in my teenage years.

I say sin because the official theory is that practicing pranayama without previously having made your body clean and permeable to prana with asanas, dhautis, kriyas, etc is incorrect and, if you overdo it, even dangerous. You know that pranayama is not really about breathing, rather is the science of controlling and storing prana.

But I suppose you will be ok. Obviously there must be some simplified version of breathing exercices that can be practiced normally. I ve noticed in the great book by Moritz "Eternal Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation" there are a section with such exercices, I am still to look at them.

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